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odessy

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Car is blowing blue smoke and there is a small bit of milky oil when I open the oil cap. Can hear a clicking sort of noise when I open the oil cap too. Most likely the head gasket?

Can anyone reccomend somewhere to take the car on the Gold Coast to get this done and how much should I be paying as not to get ripped off?

Anyone got a link to any guides/information to do it yourself may help also?

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The Dan Grand Master

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If the head is not badly damaged from overheating, expect $1500-$2000 to do the job properly. Cost break down would be:

$400-$500 VRS set

$1000 labour (10 hours)

Thermostat, oil, coolant etc $100-$200

Crack test, vac test and deck head etc $120-$200

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The VRS set... is VRS the company that makes them or is it a particular combination of gaskets? Might be a noob question, have a lot of reading to do before I tackle this.

Its the name of A combination of gaskets. Just jap and kudosmotorsports sell them.

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Got the head bolts be reused?

If there standard bolts they should be replaced if there arp studs you can reuse.

If it is burning oil(blue smoke) could this be caused by the head/gasket being cracked or would it be more likely a piston ring?

Could be rings or if your lucky might just be valve seals which you can easily fix when you fix up the head.
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